Manicuring device



April 25, 1933 M, Q WOLF 1,905,976

MANICURING DEVICE Filed Sept. 13, 1932 ATTORNEY INVE ToR 743W Q PatentedApr. 25, 1933 isATa are is MARIE c. worm-F CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIOMANICURING DEVICE Application filed September 13, 1932. Serial No.632,911.

My invention relates to manicuring devices and, more particularly, to anail polish remover adapted for use in removing excess nail polish fromthe finger nail tips.

V Manicurists and those who polish their own finger nails frequentlyapply an excess of nail polish on the surface of the finger nailscovering the entire nail from the; cuticle to the tip. 'In someinstances this polish not '10 only covers the entire. outer surface ofthe finger nail but runs underneaththe edge of the finger nail and ontothe skin beneath the finger nail. Such excess nail polish is oftendifiicult to remove evenly. In removing the 1" excess polish, where thepolish employed is in liquid form and has not yet become dry orhardened, the usual practice is to wipe the polish from the edge of thefinger nail with a dry cloth. Where the liquid polish has be comehardened, or in the case of paste or solid polish, it is the usualpractice to moisten a cloth with a solvent liquid and then wipe theexcess polish from the nail. In these instances, however, considerabledifiiculty is encountered in completely and evenly re moving the polishfrom the desired area.

My invention contemplates the provision of instrument which will greatlyfacilitate the removal of excess polishfrom the outer surface of theprojecting end of the finger nail tips and from underneath the'fingernail tips.

My invention is susceptible of modification, and in one embodimentthereof I contemplate the provision of a small, compact, unitaryattachment that may conveniently be applied to the end of an orangestick or other instru ment for application to the finger nail. Inanother embodiment thereof my device is 4 capable of being incorporatedwith the usual stopper provided for a bottle which contains the fingernail polish, andin yet another embodiment of the invention theinstrument is formed integrally on one end of anorange stick or othermanicuring instrument.

Briefly described, my invention consists in a soft, resilient body ofrelatively small dimensions, having a transverse slot formed in one endthereof and adapted to receive therein the extreme edge of the fingernail of the user, the portions of the device on either side of theslotbeing adaptedto overlieand underlie, respectively, the edge of thefinger nail in such a manner that when the device is moved along theedge of the finger nail with I the edge of the nail disposed within theslot, the edges of the device adjacent the slot will force the excesspolish off of the nail by means of a so-called squeege action.

7 The device in one form thereof is provided with a socket to enable thesame to be applied to the inoperative or scraper end of an orange stickor other implement. Another form of the device has a bottle stopperassociated therewith, while in yet another form of the invention thefinger nail receiving slot is formed directly in the scraper end of theorange stick. V

Further objects of the'invention are the provision of a small implementof the nature 79 described which is inexpensive tomanufacture and whichmay be repeatedly used on the finger nail without the necessity ofreplacement, and which may easily be cleaned. Other objects of theinvention, not at this time more particularly'set forth, will becomemore readily apparent as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, and the same consists in the novel construction, andarrangement of parts shown in the single sheet of drawing forming a partof this specification, in which Fig.1 is a perspective view of one formof the invention showing the same attached to a the scraper end of anorange stick and showing the same in operative position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the form of the device shownin Fig. 1, showing the same applied to the scraper end of an orangestick. J

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modified form of theinvention, showing the same associated with a bottle cork.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the manicuring I, device.

Fig. 5'is a side elevation of a still further 'modified form of thedevice showing the same inherently incorporated with an orangestick.Fig. 6 is an end view of thedevice shown in Fig. 5.

In all of the above described views similar characters of reference areemployed to designate similar parts throughout.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, the preferred form of my device is shownas comprising a unitary body portion 10 formed of a resilient materialwhich may, if desired, be formed of soft rubber or the like. The body 10is generally of cylindrical form and is provided at one end with asocket 712, the walls of which are slightly tapered as at 13 and areadapted to be stretched, in order that the device may be applied to anendof an orange stick 1a; or other similar manicuring instrument.Medially of the device there is provided an enlarged intermediateportion 15. The other end of the device tapers as at 16 from theenlarged portions 15 to form a generally rounded extremity 17 having atransverse slot 18 for-med therein.

' The provision of the slot 18 provides in the 7 device a bifurcatedend, one bifurcation of which is designated at 19 and the other of whichis designated at 20. The bifurcation 19 is adapted, when the device isin use, to overlie the edge of the finger nail, as clearly shown inFig. 1. The edgesof the bifurcation 19 shown at 22 and 23 are adapted tobear against'the upper surface of the edge of the finger nail 24 andforce the excess polish applied thereto from the same. Toward this endthe inner surface of the bifurcation 19 is curved as at 21, the radiusof curvature employed being preferably smaller than the radius ofcurvature of the exposed area of the finger nail. The inner edge of thebifurcation 20 is curved as at 25 to provide a convex surface, theradius of curvature of which is preferably the same or somewhat greaterthan the radius of curvature of the exposed edge of the finger nail.Thus the edges 22 and 23 of the bifurcation '19, and the edges 26 and 27of the bifurcation 20 will engage and bind the exposed areas of thefinger nail therebetween and efiectively remove the excess nail polishby an efficient squeege action.

While I have described and illustrated the transverse slot 18 which isformed in the operative end of the device as possessing suchcharacteristics of curvature as to obtain the most efficient squeegeaction, it is to be distinctly understood that for convenience inmanufacture the bifurcated end of the device may be formedwith astraight transverse cut, thus resulting in a slight economy inmanufacture at a possible small sacrifice in emciency. Irrespective,however, of these minor details in manufacture of the device, theessential features of the invention are always preserved.

In the actual use of this form of the device, one edge of the exposedportion of the finger nail may be inserted in the transverse slot 18.The device may then be bodily moved laterally of the finger nail so thatthe advancing edges 23 and 27 or 22 and 26, as the case may be, willforce the excess polish off the edge of the finger nail. Such polish ashas accumulated underneath the nail, together with such polish as hasaccumulated on top of the nail will be simultaneously removed. Thebottom of the transverse slot 18 will serve to effectively clean theextreme edge of the nail While the portion of the bifurcation 20 whichbears against the underlying skin of the finger will serve to remove anypolish which has accumulated thereon. V

In Fig. 3 a somewhat modified form of the invention is illustrated. Inthis form of the invention the implement is applicable for use inconnection with a bottle stopper. The bottle stopper is shown initsentirety at 30 and isprovided with the usual plug 32 for reception inthe bottle neck 34 and with an enlarged sealing flange 36 from whichthere extends a tapered portion 38 terminating in a generally roundedbifurcated end 40 similar to the bifurcated end of the device shown at10 in Figs. 1 and 2. In this form of the invention the entire unit maybe formed integrally of resilient material such as rubber, this materialserving equally well in its sealing capacity for the bottle as for itseffective cleaning capacity on the finger nail. If desired, however, theplug portion 32 of the device may be formed of cork, while the remainingoperative portion of the device may be formed of soft, resilientmaterial, or of a hardened composition, as, for example, bakelite, whichis now in common use as an ornamental factor in the formation of bottlestoppers. These details, too, are not essential to the invention, forregardless of the material from which the stopper be formed theefficiency of the device will not be im- 'moving the excess polish fromthe nail. For

this latter reason I have shown the bottle 44: as being substantiallynarrow and elongated to facilitate handling of the device.

In Fig. 5 my device is shown as being associated with an ordinaryorangestick 5O having a pointed end 52. The other end of the stick is providedwith a tapered portion 5a terminating in a generally rounded bifurcatedend 56 having a slot 58 therein. In. this form of the invention the slot58 is preferably a tranverse slot, the inner edges of the same beingsubstantially straight. If desired. however, the slot may be formedsimilar to the slot 18, and again the invention is sus ceptible ofmodification in this regard.

Having thus described my invention, it will be seen that I have provideda device which is capable of use by professional manicurists or by thosewho choose to treat their own finger nails. The invention is not to belimited to the exact arrangement of parts shown in the accompanyingsingle sheet of drawing or described in this specification, as variouschanges in the details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention. Only in so far as theinvention has been particularly pointed out in the accompanying claimsis the same to be limited.

I claim:

1. The combination with an orange stick of an attachment formed ofresilient material removably, secured to said orange stick, saidattachment having a rounded bifurcated end.

2. The combination with an orange stick of an attachment thereforremovably secured to said stick, said attachment presenting a bifurcatedprojection adapted to receive between the bifurcations thereof theprojecting end of the finger nail, and adapted to be moved across saidprojecting end of the finger nail to remove excess polish therefrom.

3. The combination with an orange stick of an attachment therefor, saidattachment being formed of resilient material and having a pointed end,there being a transverse slot formed in said pointed end.

a. The combination with an orange stick of an attachment therefor formedof a unitary body of resilient material having a socket adapted toreceive one end of said orange stick, the other end of said attachmentproviding a rounded bifurcated projection.

5. A manicuring implement for removing excess polish from the projectingend of a fingernail, comprising a member formed of resilient materialhaving an integral resilient bifurcated projection adapted to receive afinger nail and frictionally engage the upper surface of the nail whenmoved therein.

6. A manicuring device for removing excess polish from the projectingend of a finger nail, comprising a unitary body of resilient materialhaving a rounded pointed end provided with a transverse slot extendingthereacross adapted to receive therein the projecting end of the fingernail and yieldingly rub against the upper surface of the nail when movedtherein.

7. A manicuring device for removing excess polish from the projectingend of a finger nail, comprising a body formed of a resilient materialhaving a transverse slot formed therein, said slot being curved, theradius of curvature of one edge of said slot being less than the radiusof curvature of the average finger nail, whereby the said edge pressesagainst the nail to clean it when moved there across.

8. The combination with a bottle stopper and an elongated bottleproviding a handle for a manicuring implement said implement beingformed on said stopper, and presenting a rounded projecting protuberancehaving a transverse slot formed therein said transverse slot havingresilient walls adapted to receive therein and embrace a finger nail, toclean the same when moved therein.

9. A manicuring implement in the form of an attachment for an orangestick or other manicuring instrument having a shank, comprising a bodyof soft rubber having a socket formed therein, said socket having Wallscapable of stretching, whereby the same may be placed over the end ofsaid orange stick or shank in telescopic relation thereto, an enlargedintermediate portion and a tapering projection providing a rounded end,there being a transverse slot formed in said end, the depth of said slotbeing substantially equal to the length of the free end of a fingernail, one side of said slot having a radius of curvature substantiallyless than the radius of curvature of the finger nail, and the other sideof said slot having a radius of curvature substantially equal to theradius of curvature of the finger nail.

10. The combination with a bottle stopper of a resilienthead having atransverse slot formed therein adapted to receive a finger nail andembrace the same to clean the upper surface thereof when moved therein.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto alfix signature.

MARIE G. WOLF.

